Lisa Allen

Lisais now Executive Head Chef at Northcote and was promoted to the position in 2015 after almost a decade as Northcote’s only female Head Chef. Lisa works alongside Chef Patron Nigel Haworth to maintain the Michelin Star that Northcote has held for the last 20 years and, like Nigel, is passionate about using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients to incorporate her Lancashire roots into her creative dishes!

Lisa’s impressive culinary skills have also landed her a number of TV opportunities such as serving her dish of rabbit and leek turnover to Prince Charles at a banquet celebrating the National Trust as part of BBC Two’s Great British Menu. She returned to the show as a guest judge in 2016 and was also a chef mentor on MasterChef: The Professionals in 2015.